In so many of the episodes from season 1 and 2 we see nothing but standards and rules the chief tries to live by and make everyone else around him abide by. So why cave now? You can't honestly believe it's because of his family as he claims it is. Don't get me wrong, it was great he admitted that he could be wrong about something. But he knew in his heart he wasn't wrong about this but caved anyway. Guess it's okay not to teach your kids to have any standards and pay any price needed to stand on those principles.
And this episode was ridiculous by introducing a crazy lunitic bomber. Guess the producers didn't have enough material to cover two full episodes surrounding this issue so they fill most of the second part with this waste.